13 February 2017

RESTORATION OF THE TRITONS’ FOUNTAIN: The dismantling of the sculptures starts

The dismantling of the sculptures starts to be transported to FAFM in Barberino Val d’Elsa, Florence. See the Work

10 February 2017

STUDY FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE TRITONS’ FOUNTAIN OF VALLETTA, MALTA

See the Whole Work

12 December 2016

CHRYSANTHEMUM BY ANA TZAREV

Another work by the artist Ana Tzarev, “Chrysanthemum” which will be cast in bronze by the Foundry. Beside some photos of the arrival of the models. See Artist Biography

18 November 2016

BIRD OF PARADISE BY ANA TZAREV

The work “Bird of Paradise” by the internationally acclaimed Croatian artist Ana Tzarev which will be cast in bronze in the Foundry. See the biography

3 November 2016

L’opera dei vetrai

Inaugurated in Piegaro the bronze statue “L’opera dei vetrai”, by the Master Piero Bertelli and donated to the Umbrian City by Giovanni Bartolozzi, founder and owner of an important Montelupo Fiorentino’s glassware Company, “Vetreria Etrusca”. A tribute to the village, to its workers and to a job that has permeated the economic fabric of the territory. The…

28 September 2016

“Table” by Dashi Namdakov

The Foundry has recently completed the realization of two copies of “Table”, a Work of Art by the Russian sculptor Dashi Namdakov. Biography of Dashi Namdakov

9 September 2016

Aroldo Bellini Sculptor

An exhibition organized and set up in the museum spaces of the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia. Among the works of art displayed also some splendid castings from the original model of the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry. Biography of the Artist

15 April 2016

From the Riace bronzes to the present day

See also “THE PATH OF ART – THE STORY THAT UNITES ANTONIO BERTI AND THE MARINELLI FOUNDRY” The story of the casting of works of art told by Ferdinando Marinelli. The “Vincenzo Meucci” room of the municipal library “Ernesto Ragionieri” in Sesto Fiorentino was filled with students of the artistic high school for the conference…

17 December 2015

PRESS CONFERENCE “THE HOLY DOOR IN THE VATICAN”

On December 14, 2015 the press conference “Holy Door in the Vatican, between Florence and Chianti the art secrets that made it” was held. The history, techniques, images, original casts, secrets of the ancient fusion lost wax revealed and told by the protagonists of the Artistic Foundry Ferdinando Marinelli. Below is the press review…

19 November 2015

VATICAN RADIO AT THE FOUNDRY

The Holy Doors of St. Peter’s Basilica, cast by Ferdinando Marinelli’s family foundry in 1950, will be opened on December 8th by Pope Francis to commence the Jubilee year. In anticipation of this event, Vatican Radio sent seasoned reporter, Veronica Scarisbrick, to visit the foundry and report on the ancient craft behind the Holy Doors. The…